Zirconolite, CaZrTi2O7, re-examined from its type locality at Afrikanda, Kola Peninsula, Russia and some Synroc implications

Neues Jahrbuch fur Mineralogie, Abhandlungen

Volumn 182, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 109-121

  Bulakh, Andrei Gleb ^a   Nesterov, Alexander R ^a   Williams, C Terry ^b  

^a ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Afrikanda; Baddeleyite; Calzirtite; Kola Peninsula; Russia; Synroc; Zirconolite; Zirkelite

Indexed keywords

BADDELEYITE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; EXPERIMENTAL MINERALOGY; ZIRCONOLITE;

EURASIA; KOLA PENINSULA; MURMANSK [RUSSIAN FEDERATION]; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

COLA ACUMINATA;

EID: 33646418682     PISSN: 00777757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0077-7757/2006/0034     Document Type: Article

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